Ernest Alema-Mensah, Ph.D., M.S., D. Min., MDV

Ernest Alema-Mensah, Ph.D., M.S., D. Min., MDV 

Associate Professor

Community Health & Preventive Medicine

Research Assistant Professor

Community Health & Preventive Medicine
Location: Multidisciplinary Research Center
Phone: 404-752-1623
E-mail: eamensah@msm.edu

Education

GRADUATE:
Clark Atlanta University
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in International Public Health

Clark Atlanta University
Degree: Master of Science in Computer Science

Columbia Theological Seminary
Degree: Doctor of Ministry

Interdenominational Theological Center
Degree: Master of Divinity

UNDERGRADUATE:
University of Ghana
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Chemistry

Board Certification

Member of American Public Health Association
(APHA 2009 - present)

American Association for Cancer Research
(AACR 2013 – present).

Publications

  • Musonge-Effoe JE, Alema-Mensah E, Effoe VS, Akinnawo F, Caplan L. The association between health care coverage and prevalence of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes over a 10-year period.Prev Med. 2020 Mar;132:105983. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.105983. Epub 2020 Jan 16.

  • Brown M, Ofili EO, Okirie D, Pemu P, Franklin C, Suk Y, Quarshie A, Mubasher M, Sow C, Montgomery Rice V, Williams D, Brooks M, Alema-Mensah E, Mack D, Dawes D.

    Morehouse Choice Accountable Care Organization and Education System (MCACOES): Integrated Model Delivering Equitable Quality Care. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Aug 25;16(17). pii: E3084. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16173084.
  • Estiri H, Klann JG, Weiler SR, Alema-Mensah E, Joseph Applegate R, Lozinski G, Patibandla N, Wei K, Adams WG, Natter MD, Ofili EO, Ostasiewski B, Quarshie A, Rosenthal GE, Bernstam EV, Mandl KD, Murphy SN. A federated EHR network data completeness tracking system. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2019 Jul 1;26(7):637-645. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocz014.
  • Warren R.C., Shedlin M.G., Alema-Mensah E., Obasaju C., Augustin Hodge Clinical trials participation among African Americans and the ethics of trust: Leadership perspectives; D. DOI: 10.1016/J.JEMEP.2019.100405 Published: 2019-07

  • Pemu, P., Josiah Willock, R., Alema-Mensah, E., Rollins, L., Brown, M., Saint Clair, B., Olorundare, E., McCaslin, A., Henry Akintobi, T. K., Quarshie, A., Ofili, E. Achieving Health Equity with e-Healthystrides©: Patient Perspectives of a Consumer Health Information Technology Application. Ethnicity & Disease, 29(Supp2), 393-404. http://dx.doi.org/10.18865/ed.29.s2.393
  • Hall, M., Ofili, E., Lapu-Bula, R., Alema-Mensah, E., Miles-Richardson, S. Living Arrangement: a Contributor to Vascular Disease in Asymptomatic African American Women. Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 7(2). http://dx.doi.org/10.20429/jgpha.2019.070220
  • Musonge-Effoe, J. E., Alema-Mensah, E., Effoe, V. S., Akinnawo, F., Caplan, L. S. (2020). The association between health care coverage and prevalence of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes over a 10-year period. Prev Med., 132.
  • Danner, O. K., Kern, Q., Matthews, R., Sola, R., Butler, C., Udobi, K., Nguyen, J., Heinrich, M., Ahmad, F., Alema-Mensah, E., Childs, E. W. (2020). Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Therapy Reduces Time to Emergence and Arousal from TBI-induced Prolonged Coma: A Pilot Study. 2(3), 14. https://maplespub.com/webroot/files/Selective-Serotonin-Reuptake-Inhibitor-Therapy-Reduces-Time-to-Emergence-and-Arousal-from-TBI-induced-Prolonged-Coma-A-Pilot-Study_1583385310.pdf

Honors and Awards

  • 2014: Honorary Class Member Recognition Award, Morehouse School of Medicine
  • 2014: Award for twenty five years of Outstanding Service, Morehouse School of Medicine
  • 2013: Morehouse School of Medicine, Faculty Service Award, Master of Public Health Graduating Class 
  • 2011: Morehouse School of Medicine, Teaching Excellence Award, Master of Public Health(MPH) Graduating Class 2010., Morehouse School of Medicine
  • 2011: Morehouse School of Medicine, Service Excellence Award, Master of Public Health Graduating Class 
  • 2010: Morehouse School of Medicine, Honorary Class Member Recognition Award, Master of Science in Clinical Research Class
  • 2011: Morehouse School of Medicine, Teaching Excellence Award, Master of Public Health (MPH) Graduating Class 2010.
  • 2011: Morehouse School of Medicine, Service Excellence Award, Master of Public Health (MPH) Graduating Class 2010.
  • 2013: Morehouse School of Medicine, Faculty Service Award, Master of Public Health (MPH) Graduating Class 2013.
  • 2014: Award for twenty-five years of Outstanding Service, Morehouse School of Medicine.
  • 2014: Honorary Class Member Recognition Award, Morehouse School of Medicine Master of Public Health (MPH) Graduating Class 2014.
  • 2014: Morehouse School of Medicine Team Spirit Award.
  • 2014: Honorary Class Member Recognition Award, Morehouse School of Medicine
  • 2016: Morehouse School of Medicine, Teaching Excellence Award, Master of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR) Graduating Class 2016.
  • 2019: Award for thirty years of Outstanding Service, Morehouse School of Medicine.